Fall Farm Updates…

Random Farm Updates We have been on the farm for several months now and are doing lots!  Here are some random updates… We have probably a couple dozen apple trees…

Hugelkultur

Making a Hugelkultur bed As I had stated in a FB post last week, I have always been intrigued by the Hugelkultur (mound culture) technique.  One limiting factor was that…

This place is for the birds…

General bird observations… I know if you live on a farm already, you are probably like, “What is the big deal…” but we have been living in town for decades…

Honeybee update and Leafcutter Bees!

Beekeeping Just a brief update on our top bar hive.  As I had noted in the July 2nd blog, our brand new queen that we got on May 4th died.…

Moles vs. Voles

On the Farm We noticed right away lots of little mounds of dirt and holes in the ground all over the property. Holes in ground Mounds on ground Holes and…

Staycation in Idaho and Washington

Visitors to the Farm… Denise’s parents flew out for a visit.  First time in 11 years that both of them made it out!  So, we did some sight seeing and…

No Farmer’s Market This Year…

On the Farm! Yeah!  That is the first time I have gotten to say/write that!  Well, I guess I did say we had our first birthday on the farm in…

The Story of How We Bought Our Farm…

Buying Our Farm This post has been in the works for about 9 months…so here it goes…it’s like giving birth to our farm buying story… When we moved to Moscow,…

Supersedure Bee Cells

Beekeeping A few weeks ago, I took some pictures of some odd looking cells I found in the bee comb.  See the ones that look like an upside down cup?…

Wanted: Warm weather!

Sunflowers I finished planting the last of the sunflowers this morning.  They are really struggling.  I don’t think the weather is helping one bit.  It will be really warm one…